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This fall when Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers are tearing through Cybertron in the shiny metal skin of Grimlock, PC gamers will remain earthbound, forced to witness the grand robot battles from afar. After a poor showing on the PC for Transformers: War for Cybertron, High Moon Studios isn't even going to attempt to port the follow-up. More »
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Is that love in the air, or is it Energon? No reason it can't be both. Anything's possible when he, Grimlock, loves you. More »
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Only four of the sexy robot designs from Transformers: War for Cybertron ever made it toy store shelves, a tragic missed opportunity. To ensure they don't miss a second time, Hasbro and High Moon Studios are planning a much bigger toy line for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. More »
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Not the toys. And not the Michael Bay horror films. I mean the 1986 animated feature. More »
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Where others see household items, Peter Kokis sees robot parts. That's because Kokis builds costumes based on famous robots. Above, his T-800 endoskeleton from Terminator. More »
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The official timeline for the non-movie Transformers that have been starring in a series of video games confirms a bunch of things. It confirms that Megatron is not a good robot. It confirms that next year's Fall of Cybteron game involves a battle between space-bound Autobots and Decepticons. More »
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Concept art is a guess, a hope and sometimes an unintended lie. Remember that today as you look at the concept art for next year's Transformers: Fall of Cyberton, the 2012 follow-up to Activision and High Moon Studios' impressive 2010 Transformers game War for Cybertron. More »
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Is it me, or is High Moon Studios president Peter Della Penna on the verge of tears when describing a touching moment between Bumblebee and Optimus Prime in this making-of video for the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Video Game Awards trailer? More »
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Ever since Epic's Gears of War plucked heartstrings with a cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World" game creators have been attempting to recreate that magic, forging an emotional bond between gamers and game through evocative music. Let's see how good a job Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and BioShock Infinite did of it with their respective Spike VGA Awards debut trailers. More »
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Hot damn. I know it's just a pre-rendered trailer, and I know the song is corny, but this 1:47 of Transformers action spoke to me more as a Transformer fan than Michael Bay's three films put together. More »
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You can call it Transformers: Fall of Cybertron all you want. This brief teaser for the trailer airing during the Spike TV Video Game Awards shows who the star of this show really is. More »
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Coming soon to iOS-powered devices from the wonderfully named and logo'd Mighty Rabbit Studios, Saturday Morning RPG might be the only turn-based role-playing game in which the protagonist can transform into a truck and ram faux Cobra troopers. Color me intrigued, but not the official colors so I don't get sued. More »
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MakeToys are a Japanese outfit that makes, well, I don't want to say bootleg Transformers, so I'll just say custom Transformers. I introduce them because their new Devastator is incredible. More »
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Pinball played right is an act of violence. More »
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I don't need to see Optimus Prime or Megatron. They can save the large scale battles for future trailers. Hell, I don't even need color. Just give me Grimlock and I'm good. More »
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We're getting a massively multiplayer Transformers game next year—a free one—and now we finally have a hint of what it'll look like. More »
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What could be bigger than a new Transformers game featuring Grimlock, king of the Dinobots? How about five robots combining into one mechanical titan? According to GameStop, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron finally gives us combiners. More »
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Following up on the success of Transformers: War for Cybertron, Activision and High Moon Studios return to the planet of the Autobots and Decepticons next year with Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, and they're bringing the king of the Dinobots with them. More »
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With the third installment of Michael Bay's Transformers movie saga on store shelves, can anything wash the taste of frustrated disappointment from the mouths of hardcore fans? Rise, Snoballimus Prime. More »
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The PC gaming accessories squad at Razer have teamed up with Hasbro to offer yet another bunch Transformers-branded items to beg my loved ones to get me for Christmas. More »
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Slick teaser trailers for...pinball machines? It's a wonderful world we live in. More »
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Gamescom is held in a massive convention center that sits aside the Rhine. Inside there are towering halls of concrete and steel, each filled with massive booths, games and people. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5832820&view=rss&microfeed=true The cruel economics of Comic-Con dictate that gee-whiz collectibles (produced in ludicrously small quantities) will be rewarded to those who make the pilgrimage to San Diego. Here are the 2011 exclusives destined to whip convention-goers into a rampage.… [io9] More »
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Some people go to the San Diego Comic-Con for the latest news on their favorite comic books, television shows, and movies. Some go to hobnob with the stars, or show off their latest cosplay masterpiece. Me, I go for the toys, and this year Toys R Us is bringing plenty of exclusive video game merchandise for the masses. More »
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A lot of people paid a lot of money to hate Transformers 2. The movie made enough money for Michael Bay to bathe in the blood of supermodels every hour, for the rest of his life. But people loathed it. More »
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Our intern Joshua Rivera was as disappointed with Activision's Xbox 360 Transformers: Dark of the Moon video game as I was with the original mold for Galvatron. The Activision game made him feel like a clumsy Autobot. Activision also published PS3, Wii, DS and 3DS games based on this weekend's Transformers movie. We didn't test those on him. More »
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It's a good thing the Autobots, Decepticons, and the rest of their ilk are sentient robots. It would be an absolute nightmare to pilot them if they weren't. More »
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Autobots wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons online next year, as Hasbro grants the power to create a massively multiplayer online game based on the robots in disguise to Jagex, the folks behind popular free-to-play MMO RuneScape. More »
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There's even more more than meets the eye in the next Transformers game, High Moon Studios' take on the Michael Bay explode-a-thon Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This is a movie game from the studio responsible for the great Transformers: War For Cybertron, so maybe silence your movie game prejudices. More »
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Because what you really need to get you through a Monday morning is a stop-motion video of Mega Man taking on a bunch of robots. Via ALBOTAS. More »
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I saw a bunch of toys at Hasbro's Toy Fair 2011 showcase today. These are some of the highlights. Not all of these are great toys, but most are delightfully odd. More »
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There is no doubt I'm at the Hasbro showcase for all of its new Transformers, Marvel, GI Joe and other toys here in New York City. The truck gives it away. More »
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My weekly round-up of comics — some of them about video games — is back, in a slightly new format. Read on for my recommendations. More »
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Helm, an exhibition kicking off in Melbourne, Australia tonight, is all about one thing: sticking giant masks onto small kids. Who may or may not also have giant heads. More »
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As seen on pixiv via Tiny Cartridge. More »
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For one of the most useless and short-lived Autobot leaders of all time, Ultra Magnus sure has a following, as evidenced by this custom toy showing what he'd have looked like had he turned up in War For Cybertron. More »
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NetDragon, the same guys behind the curious-looking Dungeon Keeper Online, were this week revealed as the developers for a new massively-multiplayer online game based on the Transformers license. More »
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I don't mean the greatest Transformers character ever. That would be an exercise in folly. No, I mean the greatest Transformers toy ever. More »
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Transformers: War For Cybertron is good enough to deserve a sequel, but that doesn't mean the next non-movie game will be another shooter. More »
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